Holland Dutch

To succeed in sports you rarely have time to ask why something is happening. Instead, you have to ask what is going on and react to it in the correct way. You have no time to feel sorry for yourself, only enough time to find the right solution.

The Holland High soccer team did just that over the past 3 weeks when they made a run at the state title. When they met the number 1 and 3 ranked schools in the state, they overcame the disappointment of the circumstance and tried to find a way to win. The "what" overcame the "why." When this attitude brought them victory against Unity Christian in the first round of the tournament, they realized that the playing field is flat every game, and that they were able to take an equal shot at winning the tournament.

It happened again in the state semi-finals when goalkeeper Kenny Bakker blocked a PK in the second half to keep the game within one goal, and then to score minutes later to tie the game. When they lost the game with 30 seconds left on a free kick from 40 yards out, it wasn't a reality check for the Dutch, it was an acknowledgement that any team can win any game at any point given the opportunity. It was painful because it could have been us. It just wasn't.

Flag

I had to take a picture after walking by this for over a week.

Alice in Wonderland

If you're looking at a pure commentary on the creative process and what the mind of an artist looks like, watch Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. When Alice falls into the hole, the audience enters her dreams, her imagination, in its untamed form. This is where an artist begins. As Alice discovers, and as every artist discovers, this world must be tamed. She constantly tells herself, "This is my dream!" and this allows her to take control of her dream. Only in doing this does she complete the story as it was meant to be completed. As Madeleine L'engle would say, it is a story of pure "chaos to cosmos" (from Walking on Water).

Snap-shot journalism

Sometimes the most interesting things come to you at the most inconvenient moments. That's why great writers usually carry a pad of paper around with them. By recording these unexpected ideas, an artist can create more material more quickly. I like to do this with my old school LG flip phone camera. Whenever I see anything that I like visually, I snap a quick, poor quality photo to archive it as quickly as I can. Here are some that I've captured over the past few years.

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Bla Blogging

Bre, I think you're the only one who reads these, and this is for your request for me to post more!

I just have a hard time writing/reading blogs. I feel like (mine at least) are just first drafts of something actually comprehendable. I usually feel better about visual artwork because it is what it is – there's no interpretation needed. To me, it is easier.

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